Translingual

Han character

巻 (radical 49 己+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火手尸山 (FQSU) or X火手尸山 (XFQSU))

1. scroll
2. curl
3. make a comeback

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 327, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8759
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 1, page 318, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5DFB

Chinese

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: けん (ken)
• Kan’on: けん (ken)
• Kan’yōon: かん (kan)
• Kun: まき (maki)

Counter

巻 ‎(hiragana かん, romaji -kan)

1. volume of a book
2. reel of a film

Noun

巻 ‎(hiragana まき, romaji maki)

1. a scroll or book
2. a volume or chapter in a larger book or series
3. winding: the continuative form of 巻く

Compounds

• 渦巻 (うずまき) ‎(uzumaki), 渦巻 (うずま)き ‎(uzumaki, “spiral, whirlpool, eddy”)
• 竜巻 (たつまき) ‎(tatsumaki)
• 巻物 (まきもの) ‎(makimono)
• 鳴門巻 (なるとま)き ‎(narutomaki), なると巻 (ま)き ‎(narutomaki), なるとまき ‎(narutomaki), ナルトマキ ‎(narutomaki, “a type of kamaboko”)
• 巻層雲 (けんそううん) ‎(kensōun, “cirrostratus cloud”)
• 巻積雲 (けんせきうん) ‎(kensekiun, “cirrocumulus cloud”)
• 巻雲 (けんうん) ‎(ken'un), 巻雲 (まきぐも) ‎(makigumo, “cirrus cloud”)
• 渦巻線 (うずまきせん) ‎(uzumakisen, “a spiral”)
• 葉巻 (はまき) ‎(hamaki, “a cigar”)

Korean

Hanja

巻 • ‎(gwon) (hangeul 권, revised gwon, McCune-Reischauer kwŏn)

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